Chapter 9: The Return of the Hunting Party
The sun had fallen halfway up the mountain, and seeing that night was coming soon, the women of the village were also preparing to go home to make dinner, and they all opened their voices and shouted at their children.
In the midst of all the shouting and scolding, the naughty children reluctantly followed behind their mothers one by one and dragged their way home.
But before people could enter the house, they heard the broken bell ringing at the west end of the village. As the bell rang, the women of each family also hurriedly left their children behind, and they all rushed to the west of the village. ......
"Damn, I can finally go home and hug my mother-in-law!" said a lean man dressed as a hunter, taking off the prey package from the back of the horse beast, and said in a loud voice.
"Haha, Li Ergou, you fucking have this little bit of talent!"
"Haha!" "Haha!" With the unbridled laughter and scolding of the companions around him, the scene was particularly lively. It makes people feel the simplicity of the men in the mountains, and it seems that the hunting team that has been in the mountains for more than half a month has returned.
I saw that the mothers-in-law and aunts of each family also began to go out and look for the square near the entrance of the village in the west, and each pulled their men to look left and right, as if they were afraid that there were any parts missing.
"He's the eldest brother of the Mu family, and my family is the second prosperous?"
At this time, an urgent inquiry sounded, but a woman pulled a burly man and asked, thinking that she had not seen her man, so she asked someone.
"This--" The person who was called the eldest brother of the Mu family was Mu Tiezhu, the leader of the hunters in the village, and I saw that he was looking at his family expectantly with a male face, but the woman with an obviously uneasy look on his face looked a little unspeakable.
"Brother Mu, sooner or later you will know, let's talk about it. At this moment, a hunter with a slightly calm face when he saw the situation here came up and said.
"Hey!" Mu Tiezhu sighed and walked to a curled animal skin package, slowly opened the package and let go of his body, looking at the woman with a sad face, this is the fate of a hunter, although he is dead, the body will be brought back by his companions for burial.
"No, Erwang, why did you leave like this, how can you leave our orphans and widows alive?"
After seeing the contents of the package, the woman could no longer hold back the sadness in her heart and weep.
Looking at this scene, the villagers who were still elated just now fell silent and watched this scene silently. Although as a hunter, he is accustomed to seeing life and death, and has an understanding of his own destiny, but at this time, sadness inevitably rises in his heart.
In the end, it was the village women who dragged Liu Erwang's daughter-in-law away, but there was no way. If you go on like this, you can't sort out the prey, and you have to distribute the prey to each family and prepare for the evening party.
It is a tradition in the village that a party is held every time the hunter returns from a hunt to celebrate the safe return of the hunters, and there will be a good meal for those who have contributed or not. Looking at the size of the package that the hunter carried when he returned, it can be seen that the harvest is still good this time when he goes hunting.
When Wang Mo was dragged by Niu Niu and followed Yang Li to the square, the party had already begun. Looking at the scene of hundreds of people getting together, Wang Mo didn't pay too much attention, just silently followed behind Yang Li, as if nothing had anything to do with him. In fact, it is true, if it weren't for Niu Niu's soft grinding and hard bubbles, he would have been meditating and pranayama in bed at this time.
found a corner and sat down, eating the food that Niuniu brought him, chewing silently, thinking about his own thoughts, while Niuniu went to find her playmate and show off her new partner 'Xiaobai', who was the mutant wind rat.
This little thing was still very arrogant after waking up, but under Wang Mo's several 'stone education', he honestly let Niuniu hold it. Yang Li went to find a few of his old buddies to chat!
Wang Mo, who was just eating silently, didn't notice that in the bright fire, a woman and a man were looking at him with gritted teeth, and the woman's vicious gaze made people shudder, it was Liu Lan, but she didn't know what she said to the man next to her, which made this man so angry with Wang Mo.
"Brother Mo, Brother Mo!" Niuniu saw Wang Mo sitting alone, and ran over as if she thought of something.
"What's wrong, Niuniu?" asked Wang Mo looking at Niuniu gently.
"Come and play, it's boring to be alone!"
But it was Niuniu who saw her brother Mo alone in the corner and looked lonely and asked him to play together.
Hearing this, the corners of Wang Mo's mouth couldn't help but smile bitterly. "What's the point of playing, hey, letting yourself play with a bunch of kids?"
Looking at Niuniu's expectant eyes, Wang Mo could only shake his head resolutely as big as a fight. Coaxing children is really not a human job, as if it is unbearable to look back, the wry smile on the corner of his mouth is even deeper, and he shook his head and refused Niuniu's invitation.
Niuniu looked at Wang Mo in disappointment, in her young heart, she really couldn't imagine why her brother Mo didn't like to play, but liked to sit alone, and it was the same at home, just when she wanted to say something more, she was interrupted by a call.
"Niuniu, come here!" At this time, a slightly rough voice came into Wang Mo's ears.
Looking up, I saw that in the bright fire, Liu Lan pulled a man dressed as a hunter and walked over.
Looking at this tall, dark-skinned man calling Niuniu, thinking about what Yang Li and Niuniu told him, it was not difficult for Wang Mo to guess that this man was the Yang Daniu who married his daughter-in-law and forgot his father's daughter.
Seeing Niuniu reluctantly walking towards her father step by step, the mutant wind rat in her arms also seemed to feel the uneasiness in her little master's heart, and rushed to Wang Mo's feet with a "whoosh", not giving her little master face at all. After Wang Mo's several 'stone education', it made this little guy who is quite humane understand who to please.
Niuniu looked at her beloved little pet, ran to Wang Mo's side, could only look at it and stomp her feet hatefully, thinking about how to clean it up for a while, and then reluctantly walked to the father who summoned her.
Looking at this closest relative besides his grandfather, he felt more and more strange and unwilling to approach, especially the woman who drove his grandfather and himself out standing next to him.
"Dumb, don't you know what it's called?" Looking at his daughter who was standing in front of him and bowing her head silently and playing with a corner, thinking that when she came back today, she saw the red and swollen face of his wife, Yang Daniu stretched out his hand and was about to hit it.
In the past few years, Liu Lan, a woman, has been whispering in the ear of Yang Dali, a wooden man, that Niuniu is not the same as her grandfather, as if she has poured ecstasy soup into Yang Dali, and what she says is what she says.
Looking at this situation, it is estimated that Liu Lan didn't know what to say to Yang Daniu, so that Yang Daniu, who didn't care much about his old father and daughter in the past few years, vented his anger on his daughter, thinking that after cleaning up this girl, he would slaughter the cripple who insulted his wife.
"Ahh
Two screams rang out in succession, and although life in the square was boiling at this time, they were still stunned by one of the obvious terrible screams. Just when everyone looked towards the source of the sound, they saw such a scene.
Yang Daniu covered his right hand, the muscles on his face twitched vigorously, and his mouth "hissed" with cold air. And Liu Lan helped Yang Daniu, and pointed to a figure in the corner who slowly got up, and the horror on his face that could not be concealed in the firelight was deeply embedded in the eyes of the villagers present at this time.
This figure is none other than Wang Mo, don't look at Wang Mo's indifferent appearance, but he has been observing the surroundings, when he saw Liu Lan walking with a man full of anger and calling Niuniu, he understood that this man was Yang Daniu.
When he saw that Yang Daniu was about to beat Niuniu, he did not hesitate to pop out a pebble.
This is thanks to Wang Mo's education of mutant wind rats during this time, and he has developed the habit of holding a few stones in his hand when he is fine, and seeing the situation quickly and ruthlessly, he directly broke a few of Yang Daniu's hand bones, and there was a scene where everyone paid attention to it.
However, for Wang Mo, it is nothing, as long as it doesn't hurt Niuniu, it's nothing.
Walked over to Niu Niu, who was standing still, and gently patted her on the shoulder as a comfort.
At this time, Niuniu, who came back to her senses, seemed to have found a support, and threw herself into Wang Mo's arms and cried with a whimper. She didn't believe that her father, who she hadn't seen for a long time, was going to beat herself just now, but when she thought of the scene just now, she felt a burst of grievances in her heart.
Wang Mo picked Niuniu up, and glanced at Liu Lan with indifferent eyes, he naturally understood why Yang Daniu beat his daughter. Silently turned away, but never looked at Yang Dali again.
Liu Lan saw the indifferent look in Wang Mo's eyes when she looked at her, and she trembled with fright, but she didn't dare to stretch out her hand to Wang Mo anymore.
And Yang Li, who saw this scene, the old man was afraid that his granddaughter would be injured, and he was even more afraid that staying any longer would cause any misunderstanding, so he hurriedly followed without saying hello to a few old guys, and seemed to directly ignore his son Yang Daniu and the two.
The villagers watched a few people leave, and set their eyes on Yang Daniu and his wife, and the two who couldn't stand everyone's gaze also pulled up their son who was playing and left in a hurry.